NP? "the formerly colonised coming back to haunt us"

David Gentle Gentle_Family at btinternet.com
Mon Dec 30 20:10:04 CST 2002


> In my opinion calling someone racist is a very concrete (meaning serious) act.
> To do this to a dead person is even more serious, especially when the grounds
> for doing so are so subjective (and thin).  That is where I see the statement
> above as being offensive.
>
> David Morris
My point is that finding something (anything) offensive is a full stop to one debate and the start
of a separate one. I would agree that calling someone racist is quite serious. But being offended by
it serves no purpose.

DG




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